diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 413328f022..6da3fdda8c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ require 'canonical_url'
 require_dependency 'guardian'
 require_dependency 'unread'
 require_dependency 'age_words'
+require_dependency 'configurable_urls'
 
 module ApplicationHelper
   include CurrentUser
   include CanonicalURL::Helpers
+  include ConfigurableUrls
 
   def with_format(format, &block)
     old_formats = formats
@@ -62,14 +64,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     return "#{Discourse::base_uri}/faq"
   end
 
-  def tos_path
-    SiteSetting.tos_url.blank? ? "#{Discourse::base_uri}/tos" : SiteSetting.tos_url
-  end
-
-  def privacy_path
-    SiteSetting.privacy_policy_url.blank? ? "#{Discourse::base_uri}/privacy" : SiteSetting.privacy_policy_url
-  end
-
   def login_path
     return "#{Discourse::base_uri}/login"
   end
diff --git a/app/serializers/post_action_type_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/post_action_type_serializer.rb
index f0dfb08083..763bc3886b 100644
--- a/app/serializers/post_action_type_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/post_action_type_serializer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+require_dependency 'configurable_urls'
+
 class PostActionTypeSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
 
   attributes :name_key, :name, :description, :long_form, :is_flag, :icon, :id, :is_custom_flag
 
+  include ConfigurableUrls
+
   def is_custom_flag
     object.id == PostActionType.types[:notify_user] ||
     object.id == PostActionType.types[:notify_moderators] 
@@ -16,13 +20,13 @@ class PostActionTypeSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   end
 
   def description
-    i18n('description')
+    i18n('description', {tos_url: tos_path})
   end
 
   protected
 
-    def i18n(field)
-      I18n.t("post_action_types.#{object.name_key}.#{field}")
+    def i18n(field, vars={})
+      I18n.t("post_action_types.#{object.name_key}.#{field}", vars)
     end
 
 end
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 0d6781bb62..4401f96df2 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ en:
       email_body: "%{link}\n\n%{message}"
     notify_moderators:
       title: 'Notify moderators'
-      description: 'This post requires general moderator attention based on the <a href="/faq">FAQ</a>, <a href="/tos">TOS</a>, or for another reason not listed above.'
+      description: 'This post requires general moderator attention based on the <a href="/faq">FAQ</a>, <a href="%{tos_url}">TOS</a>, or for another reason not listed above.'
       long_form: 'notified moderators'
       email_title: 'A post in "%{title}" requires moderator attention'
       email_body: "%{link}\n\n%{message}"
diff --git a/lib/configurable_urls.rb b/lib/configurable_urls.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe3f7e2227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configurable_urls.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module ConfigurableUrls
+
+  def tos_path
+    SiteSetting.tos_url.blank? ? "#{Discourse::base_uri}/tos" : SiteSetting.tos_url
+  end
+
+  def privacy_path
+    SiteSetting.privacy_policy_url.blank? ? "#{Discourse::base_uri}/privacy" : SiteSetting.privacy_policy_url
+  end
+
+end
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